† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupGermantownMarylandUnited States
African American†16.5%23.6%9.9%
Ethiopian3.6%0.7%—
African2.1%1.2%0.5%
Jamaican1.2%0.7%0.4%
Nigerian0.9%1.1%0.2%
Ghanaian0.8%0.3%—
Haitian0.8%0.3%0.3%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.3%0.2%—
Salvadoran7.6%3.5%0.7%
Mexican1.7%2.0%11.3%
Guatemalan1.7%1.2%0.5%
Honduran1.5%0.7%0.3%
Peruvian1.4%0.3%—
Puerto Rican1.2%1.2%1.8%
Colombian1.1%0.4%0.4%
Dominican0.8%0.5%0.7%
German5.2%11.4%12.5%
Irish5.0%9.3%9.4%
English4.6%8.5%9.5%
Italian2.6%4.4%4.8%
American1.8%4.1%5.3%
Polish1.6%2.6%2.2%
Russian1.2%——
French0.9%1.1%1.6%
Asian Indian5.4%1.7%1.4%
Chinese5.4%1.3%1.3%
Korean2.3%0.8%0.4%
Filipino1.9%0.9%0.9%
Vietnamese1.7%0.4%0.6%
Pakistani0.7%0.3%—
Japanese0.6%—0.2%
Nepalese0.4%0.2%—
Maya1.9%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Germantown
Maryland
United States
Median age
37.5
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.5%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Germantown
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$117,546
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.8%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
50.4%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Germantown
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
48.4%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
19.5%
9.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
6.7%
2.5%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
5.8%
1.2%
1.1%
Other languages
4.6%
2.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Germantown
Maryland
United States
Catholic
—
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
56.6%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Germantown, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+33.9%
2008
+45.4%
2012
+48.3%
2016
+55.4%
2020
+57.8%
2024
+46.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
71.8%Harris28,750
24.9%Trump9,954
3.4%
D+46.9
R+10.9
D+48.4
40,052
D
78.4%Biden32,029
20.6%Trump8,430
0.9%
D+57.8
D+2.4
D+53.3
40,843
D
74.9%Clinton27,969
19.5%Trump7,270
5.7%
D+55.4
D+7.1
D+53.3
37,356
D
73.1%Obama22,892
24.8%Romney7,777
2.0%
D+48.3
D+2.9
D+44.4
31,303
D
72.1%Obama24,543
26.7%McCain9,081
1.2%
D+45.4
D+11.5
D+38.2
34,031
D
66.3%Kerry21,387
32.4%Bush10,452
1.3%
D+33.9
—
D+36.4
32,257
Germantown has shifted steadily toward high turnout in presidential cycles, driven by a majority-minority population that skews younger than the Maryland median and reflects the county's broader demographic transformation over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 57.8 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.9 points.
A population of 90,719, a 24% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $117,546 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gaithersburg and Aspen Hill.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Germantown, Maryland voted Democratic by 46.9 points (D+46.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 40,052 votes cast, 28,750 went Democratic and 9,954 went Republican.
How many people live in Germantown, Maryland?
Germantown, Maryland has a population of 90,719 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Germantown, Maryland?
Median household income in Germantown, Maryland is $117,546 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Germantown, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Germantown, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
